CCL20 Secretion from the Nucleus Pulposus Improves the Recruitment of CCR6-Expressing Th17 Cells to Degenerated IVD Tissues

• Wen Zhang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Zhang, Lin Nie

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Lin Nie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Wen Zhang, Lin Nie

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Yan Wang,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Xu-ping Wang,

  Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University, Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Hua Zhao,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Samina Dongol,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Sailendra Maharjan,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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• Lei Cheng

  * E-mail: chengleiyx@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

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